Phonetic Families & Components

Sound Roots & Semantic Radicals Explorer

Decode Chinese characters by their shared sound roots and see how semantic radicals split their meanings across tones.

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虒

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

虒 (sī)

amphibious animal with one horn

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Tone Fan-out (虒)

How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:

4 Active Tones

Tone 1sī

Tone 2chí

Tone 3chǐ

Tone 5

Family Characters (6)

Root: 虒

虒

sī

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Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

amphibious animal with one horn

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搋

chuāi

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扌(hand)

to knead; to rub

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篪

chí

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⺮(bamboo)

bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes

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褫

chǐ

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衤(clothes)

to strip; to deprive of

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遞

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辶(walking)

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鷈

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鳥(bird)

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